Archives for November 2007

A profile of the great American songwriter and some of his classic songs By Kristi Casey Sanders In a world where Madonna is considered an innovative musical artist because she’s been around for 20 years, it’s hard to imagine the power Irving Berlin must have had between 1911 and the mid-1960s, when he was creating […]

Masterworks, antiquities and new commissions at the High Museum For the first time in more than 200 years, “The Tiber,” a colossal marble statue personifying Rome’s Tiber River, has left France. The statue, which was discovered in 1512 and brought to Paris by Napoleon in the late 1700s, is part of the Musée du Louvre’s […]

The High Museum of Art will be open from 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 23, until 2 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Special programming during the 16-hour day after Thanksgiving will include live music, art-making activities, dance lessons, French trivia and an all-night movie marathon. Currently on display are “Inspiring Impressionism,” Harry Callahan: Eleanor” and “Louvre […]

More than 400,000 people live in South DeKalb County, but they’ve been without an arts center for more than 20 years. That should change by next December, however, when the DeKalb Performing Arts & Community Center opens. The $11 million facility broke ground in mid-September on the site of the former Mathis Dairy farm on […]

The 2007-2008 Delta International Series By Kristi Casey Sanders Every year, some of the world’s most talented artists in ballet, opera, music and acrobatic dance troupes alight in Atlanta for one night engagements during The Delta International Series, currently in its 18th season. Produced by The Fox Theatre, with help from sponsors Delta Airlines and […]